Running Programme For Beginners

Running is free, you can
do it whenever it suits you and you don’t need to be part
of a team.

All good reasons to choose running as a form of
exercise, according to Sara-lee Tuson who has developed an
eight-week beginner level programme starting next
week.

There are a variety of barriers to getting involved
in exercise and Sara-lee hopes that her ‘Running Your
Resolution’ programme will help encourage people to have a
go at running.

“Often people are scared they will do
something wrong and injure themselves or lack support or
have no one to participate with,” she says. “ So I have
designed the programme for anyone who wants to try running
for the first time or perhaps used to run but stopped due to
family commitments or whatever reason.”

The programme
runs over eight weeks and is based at Saxton field in Stoke.
Sara-lee says participants will walk or run on the athletic
track during the first session to measure their present
fitness level, and will be able to gauge their progress as
time goes by.

During the series, the group will hear from
various speakers offering advice about technique and
maintaining momentum.

Sara-lee is in her final six months
of a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation at NMIT. Developing
the running programme is part of her study
requirements.

“I had to work alongside an organisation
and identify a need within that area - I chose to work with
the Nelson Tasman Get Moving project,” says Sara-lee.
“The project aims to get more people cycling, walking and
running on a daily basis for recreation and sport, however
while there are cycling and walking programmes, there
isn’t much for beginner running.”

Sara-lee says she
took up running because it was something she could do at her
own pace, without commitment to a gym membership: “I can
put my iPod on and go for a run - with running you always
feel rewarded afterward.”

‘Running Your Resolution’
is on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm at the Saxton athletic
track. The series begins on 4 March. Registrations can be
made through the Get Moving website www.get-moving.org.nz or
on registration forms on the bottom of fliers at selected
locations.

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